Either that is a big wah Navaleye or you need to get your facts straight. No fixed wing operated off the CVS during GW2. It was used purely in the LPH role for the Cdo Bde insertion on Al Faw via Chinooks and SK4 with Lynx and ASaC support. The FA2s did not fly in the op although RAF GR7s flew CAS/interdiction from a, err, 'friendly' nation.
If I may quote directly from Commander David Swain, Wings, HMS Invincible at the time.
"The requirement was a day and night mission over Iraq every 24 hours, with Invincible contributing to each mission four FA2s for force protection and four GR7s for interdiction. However, the desire to maximise the UK contribution to the coalition effort, as well as the degree of training and integration required, resulted in more than double that rate of flying."